mad things

R.I.P.

mad — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:58:15 +0000

January was not kind to drummers…

January 6 – Tom Ardolino

January 14 – Pilar Montero

January 14 – Robbie France

January 17 – Johnny Otis

January 20 – Etta James

January 22 – Joe Paterno

January 24 – Andrew MacNaughtan

January 24 – James Farentino

January 26 – Robert Hegyes

Random number selector resulted in January 21, 2nd listing:

January 21 – Jodie-Anne White

Jeff Mangum

mad — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:05:35 +0000

When I first heard In the Aeroplane Over the Sea I fell completely in love with Neutral Milk Hotel. I brought the cd to work and folks at first scoffed but soon a majority of them were singing along. When NMH was to play at the 9:30 Club, we all went. Alas, the band had van trouble, showed up late and played a pretty crappy show. However, we were all so much in love with their music that we forgave them. Then nothing…

Now Jeff Mangum is doing a tour of solo shows. I tried to get tickets when he played in Manhattan but no luck. When the shows at BAM were announced, I anxiously awaited, clicking refresh over and over on my computer. I managed to get tickets for one show. And then another one was announced so I got a ticket for that show as well. There is also a third show but I only bought tickets for two shows – I didn’t want to be too greedy, I figured other folks should have the chance to see him.

The first show was last night. And wow, from the first notes played I actually had tears in my eyes. I sang along with all the songs (trying not to be too loud so as to not annoy my seatmates). It was hard to stay in my seat, I really wish this was a standing show. In addition to the tracks from In the Aeroplane Over the Sea and On Avery Island, he did the song Little Birds which I absolutely adore. Give it a listen and get hooked.

You can still find tickets (at cost!) for tonight and tomorrow on Craigslist – I highly recommend this show!

R.I.P.

mad — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:23:33 +0000

Angel of Death recipients for December…

December 6 – Dobie Gray

December 7 – Harry Morgan

December 8 – Alan Styles

December 11 – John Patrick Foley

December 14 – George Whitman

December 15 – Christopher Hitchens

December 17 – Kim Jong-il

December 18 – Don Sharp

December 18 – Václav Havel

December 19 – Ron Smith

December 26 – Sean Collins

Random number selector resulted in December 22, 2nd listing:

December 22 – Zithulele Sinqe

Call me

mad — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:50:00 +0000

well, call them – 1 719 266 2837. You know you want to.

tumbling for now

mad — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:00:07 +0000

Busy busy busy so here’s my last ten tumblr posts to keep you visually occupied.

R.I.P.

mad — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:00:59 +0000

It’s been a while since I’ve done an R.I.P. post and because November was a particularly busy month for the Angel of Death, I thought I’d start a new, consolidated monthly R.I.P. post. Here are some of the notable deaths (to me) listed on Wikipedia. And because there are so many folks that I’ve never heard of, I thought I’d use a number generator to pick one of these folks for the post.

November 3 – Matty Alou (I’m not familiar with his playing baseball but his name usually comes up in crossword puzzles.

November 4 – Andy Rooney

November 7 – Joe Frazier

November 8 – Bil Keane and his crazy family!

November 8 – Heavy D

November 14 – Laura Kennedy – from the fun 80s band, Bush Tetras

November 19 – John Neville – so wonderful in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

November 20 – Sergio Scaglietti – designer of some lovely Ferraris

November 21 – Anne McCaffrey – loved her Dragonrider series when I was a kid

November 27 – Ken Russell

November 28 – Patrice O’Neal

Random number selector resulted in November 12, 2nd listing:

November 12 – Jim Sullivan

October 31

mad — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:00:04 +0000

And finally, my absolute favourite -

Nightmare Before Christmas
Can I live in Halloweentown?

Jack

Oogie Boogie

Lock Shock & Barrel

Happy Halloween!

October 30

mad — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 04:00:28 +0000

The weeping angels

One of the creepiest Doctor Who monsters. Don’t blink!

October 29

mad — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:00:49 +0000

My fav tv vampires

Russell Edgington
Deliciously creepy! How many of you screamed out loud when he appeared on the evening news? True Blood has tried, but will never top that scene!

Check it out but – spoiler alert…spoiler alert…spoiler alert…spoiler alert…

Eric and Pam
If only True Blood was the Pam, Eric and Lafayette show…

Spike and Angel
The two bad boys of Buffy fame

October 28

mad — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:00:41 +0000

Zombies!

Some of my favs:

Night of the Living Dead

28 Days Later

Shaun of the Dead